Steven Brand

Dr Steven Brand

Job title: Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Economics, School of Management (Plymouth Business School (Faculty))
Telephone: +441752585674
Email: steven.brand@plymouth.ac.uk

Qualifications & background

University of Sheffield, BA (Econ), 1992

University of Plymouth PhD, A Reassessment of the Hybrid Approach to the Estimation of Regional Input-Output Models, 1998 (external Prof Moss Madden, Univ of Liverpool)

Roles on external bodies

Plymouth Chamber of Commerce Stakeholder Group (2011- )

Served on Regional Science Association International (British & Irish Section) 1995-2001

ONS, Regional Accounts Advisory Group Member

Teaching interests

Econometrics (Stage II, III & Masters)

The Economics of Betting

Behavioural economics & finance

Research interests
Economics of Betting & Betting Markets

Economics of Sports

Regional Economics & regional economic modelling

Foreign Direct Investment

Grants & contracts

I have a significant record of client-based research and consultancy. Grants and contracts since 2001 are in excess of £1.2m

Clients include:

South West Regional Development Agency

Plymouth City Council

South West Museums Galleries & Archives Council

Trade Partners UK

ITV & HTV

BBC

Publications
Brand S (2011) Inefficiency within Betting Exchanges - Evidence from Major European Football Leagues, (working paper)

Brand S, with Bishop, P, Gripaios P (2010) A lottery within a lottery? An examination of the distribution of lottery funds in England, Applied Economics, Volume 42, Number 1, January 2010 , pp. 63-71(9)

Brand, S (2010) Interpreting Price Movements in the Winner and Relegation Markets of the English Premier League: Evidence from the Betfair Exchange and a Monte Carlo Simulation (working paper)

Brand, S (2010) When is a Fix Not a Fix? A Game theoretic explanation of participation in 'fixed' exchange betting markets with evidence from the Greek Ethniki 'B' (working paper)

Brand, S and Shen, J (2010) The Exchange Rate Exposure of UK Companies, under review (working paper)

Bishop P, Brand S (2003) The Efficiency of Museums: a Stochastic Frontier Production Function Approach, Applied Economics, 35, 1853-1858

Brand S., McVittie E, Tucker J (2002) Gauging Financial Performance in a Public Sector Services Industry: An Analysis of the Museums and Galleries Industry in the South West, Journal of Finance & Management in Public Services, 2, No. 1, pp.51-66

Brand S., Hill S., Munday M. (2000) Assessing the Impact of Foreign Manufacturing on Regional Economies: The Cases of Wales, Scotland and the West Midlands, Regional Studies, 34, pp343-355

Bishop P, Brand S, McVittie E (2000) The Use of Input-Output Models in Local Impact Analysis, Local Economy, pp238-250

Brand S. (1998) A Reassessment of the Hybrid Approach to the Construction of Regional Input-Output Tables, PhD thesis, University of Plymouth

Brand S. (1998) Supply Chains, Material Linkage and Regional Development: A Comment, Urban Studies, 35, pp769-773

Brand S., Hill S., Munday M., Roberts A., (1998) Why isn’t Wales Richer? Differences in Welsh and UK GDP per Head, Local Economy, 13, pp219-234

Brand S., Hill S., Roberts A., (1998) Welsh Input-Output Tables for 1995, University of Wales Press, Cardiff

Brand S. (1997) On the Appropriate Use of Location Quotients in Generating Regional Input-Output Tables: A Comment, Regional Studies, 31, pp791-794

Brand S. (1996) Heterogeneity in Regional Input-Output Tables and the Need for a New Approach, Local Economy Quarterly, 4

Other academic activities
Peer review for leading international journals in regional economics including Journal of Regional Science and Regional Studies